SKATEBOARD LOGOS FREE

Many top skate logo designs, like Black Label, DC Shoe and ZERO, generally tend toward hard edges and sharp corners, much like the urban geography where guerilla athletes play, often with a splatter-paint effect reminiscent of another prime urban pastime: tagging. Riding a board also takes a good sense of humor to shake off the days bruises, and plenty of brands tend toward the outrageously comical, such as the evil flaming grin of Spitfire, Maple, and World Industries logos, appealing to the wry wit usual among streetwise skateboarding enthusiasts.

The overwhelming tone of skateboard logos reflects an aggressive, “kick-ass” approach to life appropriate to the risk-takers and daredevils using the equipment. Other logos using the art and script associated with punk, heavy metal, house music and rap are displayed by the fans of those music genres who skate. Others integrate common icons, like the Goth Iron Cross used by Independent and Flip, that connect the skater with various subcultures related to music and general outlook on life. The outlaw mentality of skateboard culture is reflected in many logo designs. The dominant style is grainy and raw, often black and white and tending toward a hand-drawn appearance, like the popular etnies and Darkstar marks, although a growing subgenre uses tight, often psychedelic fonts to match exotic-sounding brands, such as Osiris and Satori, or a neat, clean cut look like Burton or Adio favored by straight-edgers. Skateboard logos have become an art form of identification. While many noobs follow the endorsement of a celebrity skater in choosing their brand, most follow the picture that matches the self-image and style the skater is striving after. The logos plastered to a deck say as much about the personality of the skater as the characteristics of the board.

SKATEBOARD LOGOS FREE

There is no end to the free advertisement an equipment manufacturer can expect to get, not only on the boards themselves, but on clothing, shoes, tattoos, stickers scattered at popular urban obstacle courses-and of course graffiti.

Skateboard riders are a particularly loyal bunch, plastering favored makes on board and bodies alike. Whenever high-quality personal tools of the trade are brought to the market for sophisticated consumers to lust after, image is the magic ingredient that combines a manufacturer’s name with word-of-mouth endorsements that build the base of any company’s success. Branding is as important in the skate world as it is in music gear or automotive tools.